Authorities say Pigeon fell about 230 feet on the 14,082-foot Windom Peak on Sunday. He and his climbing partner, Marcoux Yves (mar-COO EEV), also from Quebec, were descending the mountain but had become separated in the storm at about 4 p.m.

When Yves reached their camp, Pigeon was not there. Yves found Pigeon's body at the base of a cliff at about 8:30 p.m.

Other climbers had contacted authorities by a satellite texting device.

CORRECTION: In a story July 10 about the death of a climber in the southwestern Colorado mountains, The Associated Press, relying on information from the La Plata County Sheriff's Department, erroneously reported the name of a second climber who was not injured. His name is Yves Marcoux, not Marcoux Yves.